Former Notre Dame/future San Diego Chargers linebacker Manti Te’o stopped by Maxim’s Hot 100 party at Create Nightclub in Hollywood on Wednesday night to support his fake girlfriend, who made the magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 hottest women at No. 69. Yes, people are still making that joke. Maybe they’ll stop when Te’o gets a real chick. Funny you should mention that…

While hanging out among the beautiful people at the Maxim Hot 100 party, Te’o took time to pose with Yahoo! sports reporter Melanie Collins, and he took another pic with model/actress and Tennessee grad Courtney Caldwell and professional beach volleyball player/possible Jimmy Clausen girlfriendJess Gysin. Collins loves sports, Caldwell loves the spotlight and Gysin, who went to USC, actually seems to be a Te’o fan.

We’re not sure what Te’o has in mind, — or if one of these ladies is ready for NFL girlfriend/wife/beard duty — but it’s nice to see Te’o not hiding from the spotlight. The more visible he is, the less time people will continue talking about the invisible girlfriend stuff.